Alexander Calder

Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L'Estrange
1931

A sketch on an off-white paper featuring a collection of whimsical line-drawn animals, including what appears to be a large squirrel with an exaggerated fluffy tail, a lion with a detailed mane, and a creature resembling a hybrid of a bear and a dog. The animals are drawn in a playful, cartoonish style, and the name "Calder" is handwritten in the upper left corner, suggesting the artist's signature. The paper shows signs of age with slightly worn edges.

A sketch on an off-white paper featuring a collection of whimsical line-drawn animals, including what appears to be a large squirrel with an exaggerated fluffy tail, a lion with a detailed mane, and a creature resembling a hybrid of a bear and a dog. The animals are drawn in a playful, cartoonish style, and the name "Calder" is handwritten in the upper left corner, suggesting the artist's signature. The paper shows signs of age with slightly worn edges.

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Date
1931

Classification
Books

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Book: 10 1/8 × 8 × 7/8in. (25.7 × 20.3 × 2.2 cm)

Accession number
76.42

Edition
XLVII/L

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mildred and Russell Lynes, in memory of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/5421

Exhibitions

Alexander Calder:
The Paris Years, 1926–1933

Oct 16, 2008–Feb 15, 2009

Alexander Calder
186 works in the collection

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